Presentations

Death and Disease: Medical Issues in the Life and Writing of Mary Shelley

JaNae B. Haas, Utah Valley University

Abstract

This presentation explores the general medical context from roughly 1750 to 1850 in Britain and to focus on Mary Shelley’s personal experience with health, healing, and death during her 53 year life from 1797-1851.

Suggested Citation

JaNae B. Haas. "Death and Disease: Medical Issues in the Life and Writing of Mary Shelley" Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature. Utah Valley University. Jan. 2004.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/janae_haas/1